In a letter to several congressional leaders, 92 organizations pledged ongoing support to Planned Parenthood. The letter praised the services Planned Parenthood provides, while dismissing the overwhelming body of evidence detailing the abortion giant’s sale of aborted baby parts.
The letter goes on to make this statement: “The organizations signing this letter work closely with Planned Parenthood…” The close involvement with – and total support of – Planned Parenthood is no surprise in regards to most of these organizations, such as NARAL, Abortion Care Network, and the ACLU.
Advocates for Youth, an organization which focuses on “adolescent reproductive and sexual health,” posted this to their website: “We are fed up. Every day, Planned Parenthood affiliates and independent abortion providers around the nation give compassionate care to women who need abortions. I am fed up with the ongoing attacks on these brave and committed providers.”
Medical Students for Choice had this to say: “The latest attacks on Planned Parenthood are not about fetal tissue. It is a direct attack on abortion and those committed to providing this safe, simple procedure in their communities.”
It should come as no surprise that pro-abortion organizations, who admit they “work closely with Planned Parenthood,” would rush to the defense of the corporation. The letter reveals nothing new; instead it attempts to build upon the illusion that Planned Parenthood enjoys universal support – except among “extremists.”
While these organizations have committed to stand with Planned Parenthood despite its illegal practices, many businesses and organizations have distanced themselves from the abortion giant, as evidence against the abortion provider continues to mount.
Below is a list of the 92 organizations which signed the letter declaring support for Planned Parenthood.
A Fund, Inc. (Kentucky)
Abortion Care Network
Access Matters
Access Reproductive Care-Southeast
ACCESS Women’s Health Justice (California)
Advocates for Youth
Alabama Reproductive Rights Advocates
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
American Medical Student Association
American Public Health Association
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Atlanta Pro Choice Action Committee
Backline
Black Women’s Health Imperative
California Women’s Law Center
Catholics for Choice
Center for Reproductive Rights
Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law signs
Civil Liberties and Public Policy
CHOICES. Memphis Center for Reproductive Health
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Emergency Medical Assistance, Inc. (Florida)
Feminist Majority
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Healthy and Free Tennessee
Innovation Ohio
Institute for Science and Human Values, Inc.
Ibis Reproductive Health
Iowa Abortion Access Fund
Ipas
Jane’s Due Process, Inc.
Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts
Jewish Women International
Kentucky Health Justice Network
Legal Voice
Lilith Fund (Texas)
Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center
Maine Family Planning
Maine Women’s Lobby
Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform
Medical Students for Choice
Metropolitan Community Church
Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Abortion Federation
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Jewish Women
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
National Health Law Program
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
National Network of Abortion Funds
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Health Network
National Women’s Law Center
Network for Reproductive Options (Oregon)
New Jersey Abortion Access Fund
New York Abortion Access Fund
Northwest Health Law Advocates
Options Fund (Wisconsin)
Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health
People For the American Way
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Population Connection Action Fund
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Religious Institute
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
Secular Coalition for America
Service Employees International Union
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
Society of Family Planning
South Carolina Coalition for Healthy Families
Southwest Women’s Law Center
Texas Equal Access Fund
The Freedom Fund (Colorado)
The National Crittenton Foundation
UltraViolet
Unitarian Universalist Association
URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
Vermont Access to Reproductive Freedom Fund
Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
Women for Women (Wyoming)
Women’s Health & Education Fund of Rhode Island
Women’s Law Project
Women’s Medical Fund, Inc. (Wisconsin)
Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (California)
Women’s Media Center
